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Tags: nano electro-mechanical systems

Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) are tiny machines built at the nanometer scale. Current NEMS applications are simple machines, such as the tiny cantilever shown at the right. An electrical circuit measures the deflection of the lever. A larger version of this device, with dimensions at the micrometer or millimeter scale, is commonly used as an airbag sensor in automobiles. A sudden stop causes a strong deflection of the lever, which signals that the airbags should be deployed. At the nano scale, such a lever is sensitive enough to measure the weight of individual atoms or molecules resting upon it!

Learn more about NEMS from the resources available on this site, listed below.

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Online Presentations

  • 10.0 Ranking Raman: Atomic Force Microscopy

    Atomic Force Microscopy

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    Contributor(s) Arvind Raman
    Date 29 Nov. 2005
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    Atomic Force Microscopy is has become an indispensible tool in nanoscience for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation and property characterization of nanostructures. In this tutorial, we will review the physics of the interaction forces between the nanoscale tip and sample, the dynamics ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Fisher: Understanding Phonon Dynamics via ...

    Understanding Phonon Dynamics via 1D Atomic Chains

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    Contributor(s) Timothy S Fisher
    Date 28 Aug. 2006
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    Phonons are the principal carriers of thermal energy in semiconductors and insulators, and they serve a vital role in dissipating heat produced by scattered electrons in semiconductor devices. Despite the importance of phonons, rigorous understanding and inclusion of phonon dynamics in simulations ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Sands: Nanotubes and Nanowires: ...

    Nanotubes and Nanowires: One-dimensional Materials

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    Contributor(s) Timothy D. Sands
    Date 17 Jul. 2006
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    What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are they interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while introducing some fundamental concepts such as wave-particle duality, quantum confinement, the ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Peroulis: RF MEMS: Passive Components and ...

    RF MEMS: Passive Components and Architectures

    Type Online Presentations
    Contributor(s) Dimitrios Peroulis
    Date 08 Jan. 2007
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    This seminar is an introduction to the MEMS technology as it applies to RF and Microwave systems. Besides discussing several key RF MEMS components (switches, varactors, inductors), reconfigurable circuit architectures will also be introduced. In addition, reliability and cost considerations as ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Cola: Highly Efficient Thermal ...

    Highly Efficient Thermal Transport: The Application of Carbon Nanotube Array Interfaces

    Type Online Presentations
    Contributor(s) Baratunde A. Cola
    Date 01 Feb. 2007
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    Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have received much attention in recent years for their extraordinary properties that through careful engineering may be leverage for the development of numerous advantageous applications. However, to date, only few CNT based applications exist in the market place. So when ...

  • 9.9 Ranking Hersam: MSE 376 Lecture 18: ...

    MSE 376 Lecture 18: Nanoelectromechanical Systems, part 1

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    Contributor(s) Mark Hersam
    Date 31 Mar. 2007
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Courses

  • 7.1 Ranking Bashir: An Introduction to BioMEMS and ...

    An Introduction to BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology

    Type Courses
    Contributor(s) Rashid Bashir
    Date 25 May. 2005
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    BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology have the potential to make significant impact in a wide range of fields and applications. This lecture series introduces the basic concepts and topics underlying the interdisciplinary areas of BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. Advances in this field require the ...

Learning Modules

  • 10.0 Ranking Li: Introduction to the CENEMS ...

    Introduction to the CENEMS Simulation Tool

    Type Learning Modules
    Contributor(s) Gang Li, Narayan Aluru
    Date 10 Apr. 2006
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    This learning module is an introduction to the CENEMS simulation tool. Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) often contains multiple nanoscale conductors. CENEMS is a user-friendly 2-D classical electrostatic analysis tool that computes the charge density distribution on the surface of the ...

  • 8.2 Ranking Sinnott: Introduction to Carbon Nanotube ...

    Introduction to Carbon Nanotube Electronics

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    Contributor(s) Susan Sinnott
    Date 12 Oct. 2005
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    Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have interesting, structure-dependent electronic properties. In particular, CNTs can be a metallic or semiconducting depending on the way in which the carbon atoms are arranged in the CNT walls. The purpose of this learning module is to familiarize students with the basic ...

  • 6.1 Ranking Sinnott: Introduction to Nanofluidics

    Introduction to Nanofluidics

    Type Learning Modules
    Contributor(s) Susan Sinnott
    Date 26 May. 2005
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    The purpose of this learning module is to introduce students to some fundamental concepts in Nanofluidics. The module includes a pretest (without keys), a presentation, reading materials on Nanofluidics, links to the REBO simulation tool on the nanoHUB along with necessary instructions for running ...

  • 3.7 Ranking Zahid: Introduction to Molecular ...

    Introduction to Molecular Conduction

    Type Learning Modules
    Contributor(s) Ferdows Zahid, Magnus Paulsson, Avik Ghosh, Supriyo Datta
    Date 21 Jul. 2005
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    A scanning probe microscope brushes the tips of molecules rising up from a gold substrate. After making contact, the probe measures a very strange current-voltage relationship--linear portions separated by flat spots or sharp increases. Definitely not Ohm's law. Is the experiment correct? What ...

Teaching Materials

  • 0.0 Ranking Sinnott: REBO Nanofluidics Exercise

    REBO Nanofluidics Exercise

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    Contributor(s) Susan Sinnott, Hetal Patel
    Date 09 Jun. 2004
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    Nanofluidics exercise showing the variation of energy and position of methane and butane molecules flowing through an opened carbon nanotube as the system temperature and the length of the nanotube are varied.

Downloads

  • 0.0 Ranking   Nanonewton Podcasts at MIT

    Nanonewton Podcasts at MIT

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 06 Mar. 2007
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    Listen to podcast discussions with scientists and MIT students in the field of Nanomechanics in conjunction with the Spring 2007 MIT undergraduate engineering course: 3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials. Your host: Professor Christine Ortizmore info at: ...

Workshops

  • 10.0 Ranking   2005 Molecular Conduction and ...

    2005 Molecular Conduction and Sensors Workshop

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 25 May. 2005
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    This is the 3rd in a series of annual workshops on Molecular Conduction. The prior workshops have been at Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN (2003) and Nothwestern University, Evanston, IL (2004). The workshop has been an informal and open venue for discussing new results, key challenges, and ...

  • 10.0 Ranking   2004 Computational Materials ...

    2004 Computational Materials Science Summer School

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 29 Aug. 2005
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    This short course will explore a range of computational approaches relevant for nanotechnology.

  • 7.9 Ranking   2004 Linking Bio and Nano Symposium

    2004 Linking Bio and Nano Symposium

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 21 Jul. 2004
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    Explore ways universities can work together in Bio-NanoTechnology. Discover research opportunities in this emerging area. Network with professionals and researchers who share common interests. Hear the latest on current research topics

  • 7.4 Ranking   NEMS Workshop

    NEMS Workshop

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 28 Dec. 2004
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    The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) held a workshop entitled Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Nanoelectromechanical Systems on April, 8, 2005. The workshop was held at the Entrepreneurship Center at Purdue University and featured presentations and discussion on ...

  • 7.2 Ranking   SURI 2003 Conference

    SURI 2003 Conference

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    Date 21 Apr. 2004
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    2003 SURI Conference Proceedings

Series

  • 9.7 Ranking   Nanotechnology 101 Lecture Series

    Nanotechnology 101 Lecture Series

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 13 Sep. 2004
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    Nanotechnology 101 is a series of lectures designed to provide an undergraduate level introduction to nanotechnology. Our Nanotechnology 501 series offers lectures directed at the graduate student/professional level.

  • 9.5 Ranking   Nanotechnology 501 Lecture Series

    Nanotechnology 501 Lecture Series

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    Contributor(s)
    Date 22 Feb. 2005
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    Nanotechnology 501 is a series of lectures designed to provide an introduction to nanotechnology. This series is similar to our popular Nanotechnology 101 series, but directed at the graduate student/professional level.

Notes

  • 10.0 Ranking Bau: Unraveling the Behavior of Liquids ...

    Unraveling the Behavior of Liquids at the Nanoscale

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    Contributor(s) Haim H. Bau
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    To better understand the transport of simple and complex liquids under extreme confinement conditions, our research group is conducting fluid flow experiments in conduits consisting of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are a convenient material with which to work for several reasons. First, carbon ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Cahill: Thermal Conductance of solid-Solid ...

    Thermal Conductance of solid-Solid and Solid-Liquid Interfaces

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    Contributor(s) David G. Cahill
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    The thermal conductance of interfaces is a key factor in controlling thermal conduction in nanostructured materials, composites, and individual nanostructures. We have recently advanced the state-of-the-art of time-domain-thermoreflectance (TDTR) measurements of thermal transport and are using TDTR ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Mayaram: Simulation of Multi-Technology ...

    Simulation of Multi-Technology Micro and Nano Systems

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    Contributor(s) Karti Mayaram
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    The simulation of a mixed-technology micro or nano system is an extremely challenging task because of the different types of on-chip components for sensing, actuation, data storage, and information processing. Integrated circuit and device simulators are a promising approach for simulating such ...

  • 10.0 Ranking Shim: Electrochemical Gating and ...

    Electrochemical Gating and Molecular Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes

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    Contributor(s) Moonsub Shim
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    Highly sensitive response of semiconducting single-walled carbon naotubes (SWNTs) to molecular adsorption provides a simple and effective direction in exploiting their unique electrical properties. For example, simultaneous doping and nearly ideal gate efficiencies are achieved with polymer ...

  • 8.7 Ranking Sinnott: Computational Studies of Confined ...

    Computational Studies of Confined & Externally Flowing Gases on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon

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    Contributor(s) Susan Sinnott
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    Historically, molecular dynamics simulations have played an important role in elucidating the mechanical responses of carbon nanotubes to external forces. Here, they are used to explore the interactions of carbon nanotubes with gases that are either confined to the nanotube interiors or are ...

  • 8.6 Ranking Ho: System Approach to Control Cells

    System Approach to Control Cells

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    Contributor(s) Chih-Ming Ho
    Date 09 May. 2005
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    Nature has evolved extremely intelligent and complex adaptive systems for driving the processes of everyday life. For example, a cell fuses genetic processes with nanoscale sensors and actuators to result in perhaps one of the most efficient autonomous micro “factories". These basic processes ...

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